Senior Software Development Engineer, Workday
US Federal
$153.6-230.4k
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Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
Job no longer available
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$153.6-230.4k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience building and maintaining software systems in a production environment
- 5+ years of experience with Java and Spring Boot
- Experience designing scalable backend services or frameworks used by other engineers
- Hands-on experience with service monitoring, observability tools, and incident response
- Experience with distributed systems and microservice architecture
Desirable
- Experience working in a platform team or building internal developer tools
- Familiarity with frontend architecture and how UI and backend services intersect
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions
- A passion for improving developer experience and reducing toil
- Strong communication skills and experience working across teams and functions
- Ability to drive consensus on architectural decisions across diverse collaborators
What the job involves
- We’re the core engine behind UI at Workday — the UI Platform team. Our mission is to empower product developers to build fast, scalable, and resilient user experiences. We do this by designing and maintaining the foundational services, libraries, and frameworks used across our entire product surface
- As part of the UI Platform department, our team owns essential backend services and developer tooling, while also partnering closely with other engineering teams to drive service health, observability, and scalability improvements
- We’re engineers who think like product developers — focused on usability, performance, and long-term maintainability
- This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native)
- As a Senior Software Engineer on our team, you’ll be at the intersection of platform and product
- You’ll help build scalable services and frameworks that power the UI experience, and you’ll work alongside other platform teams to improve reliability and service health
- You’ll collaborate closely with other teams to define standards, guide architectural choices, and contribute your expertise on building resilient, high-performing systems
- This role is a mix of hands-on development, technical leadership, and cross-team collaboration
Application process
- Posting End Date: 9/22/2025
Our take
Workday is a cloud-based software vendor that provides management of workforces and finances. The company uses a single database for workforce management and financial management to offer integration and optimize business intelligence across companies. It has added to the packages and tools it offers over the years, providing analytic options that allow companies to combine third-party data with information collected by Workday.
The company has also grown through acquisitions and partnerships to broaden its capabilities.. Most recently, in 2025 it purchases Sana, an AI-driven enterprise knowledge and learning platform, to create a "new front door for work". This acquisition allows Workday to integrate Sana's AI-powered search, agents, and learning capabilities with its own data and workflows, allowing employees to access information, automate tasks, and complete their day entirely within Workday.
Through a combination of strategic acquisitions and in-house development, WOrkday has built a comprehensive suite of HR, financial, and enterprise tools. By focusing on innovation and AI-driven workflows, the company continues to push productivity and decision-making for organizations worldwide. Building on this track record, Workday is very much positioned for even more growth, reinforcing its status as a leader in shaping the future of work.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2011
$85m
SERIES F
Apr 2009
$75m
SERIES E
Total funding: $215.3m
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
Leadership
Aneel Bhusri
(Co-Founder & Executive Chair)Annel began his career at Morgan Stanley as a Corporate Finance Analyst. He then spent nearly 6 years at PeopleSoft as a Senior VP before co-founding Workday in 2005, where he has served as the CEO ever since.
Carl Eschenbach
(CEO)Carl joined Workday in 2022 as Co-CEO, becoming CEO in 2024. He has also been a Partner at Sequoia Capital since 2016. Previously, he spent 14 years at VMware as President and COO and 3 years at Inktomi Corporation as the VP of North America Sales.
Peter Bailis
(CTO)Prior to joining Workday in 2025, People was a VP of Engineering at Google. He also previously founded Sisu Data, where he served as the CEO for over 5 years.
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